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<blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2500499" data-attributes="member: 25851"><p>Must have a conversation with Neil about this. We often come up with words that seem to have origins in both French and germanic or scandinavian languages, so which route they took into English is debatable. Of course, he'll probably come up with something about proto-european languages from further back in time, maybe indo-european even. But that's languages for you. Since the word for grey in latin (which I never learned but which is the basis for French, Spanish and so on) is canus, the origin must be germanic, I should think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annb, post: 2500499, member: 25851"] Must have a conversation with Neil about this. We often come up with words that seem to have origins in both French and germanic or scandinavian languages, so which route they took into English is debatable. Of course, he'll probably come up with something about proto-european languages from further back in time, maybe indo-european even. But that's languages for you. Since the word for grey in latin (which I never learned but which is the basis for French, Spanish and so on) is canus, the origin must be germanic, I should think. [/QUOTE]
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